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Latest articles for: Product LiabilityCopyright 2018 Portfolio Media, Inc.en-USFri, 16 Mar 2018 22:38:34 +0000Philly Litigator Rips Opioid Defense Attys At Conferencehttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1013141?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1013141A veteran Philadelphia plaintiff's attorney who is representing the city in litigation against drugmakers over the opioid crisis suggested that attention should be paid to the drug manufacturers' lawyers, at a forum on legal responses to the crisis on Friday.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 22:35:46 +0000Pharma Cos. Liable For Generic Labels, Mass. Top Court Sayshttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023202?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023202Name-brand drugmakers can be held liable for mislabeled generic equivalents under state law in Massachusetts, home of the nation&rsquo;s largest bio-pharmaceutical hub, the commonwealth&rsquo;s top court ruled on Friday in a loss for Merck & Co. and the industry groups watching.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 22:11:56 +0000Summary Judgment Denial Clears Path For Abilify Trials https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022990A Florida federal judge late Thursday released a redacted version of an order denying a bid for summary judgment from Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Bristol-Meyers Squibb in multidistrict litigation over alleged side effects of the anti-psychotic drug Abilify, paving the way for trials in consumers' cases this summer.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:18:44 +0000Safeway’s Olive Oil False Ad Deal OK'd, Attys Get $1.4Mhttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023167?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023167A California judge said Friday she&rsquo;ll approve Safeway&rsquo;s settlement that provides a class of store-brand olive oil buyers with a $1.50 voucher or 50 cents cash and awards their attorneys $1.42 million in fees and expenses, resolving allegations the grocery store chain falsely labeled olive oil as &ldquo;imported from Italy.&rdquo;Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:18:32 +0000Petrobras Can Keep Lid On Risk Docs In $400M Oil Rig Suithttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022871?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022871Petrobras Americas Inc. can hang on to documents said to have forecast the economic risks of its plan to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, a Texas magistrate judge said Thursday, ruling that the financial information is unlikely to help Spanish manufacturer Vicinay Cadenas SA in a $400 million suit over its allegedly defective component used in an offshore rig.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:08:08 +0000Drug Cos. Say Cherokee Opioid Suit Must Stay In Fed. Courthttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022968?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022968McKesson Corp. and other drug distributors and retail pharmacies urged an Oklahoma federal judge Thursday to reject the Cherokee Nation&rsquo;s bid to take its suit over the companies' alleged role in the opioid epidemic back to state court, saying McKesson&rsquo;s distribution of opioids under a federal contract means the case must stay in federal court.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:06:35 +0000Fiat Chrysler, Bosch Must Face EcoDiesel Emissions MDLhttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022926?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022926Fiat Chrysler and Bosch must face consumers&rsquo; fraud and racketeering claims in multidistrict litigation in California over Jeep and Ram diesel trucks allegedly outfitted with emissions-cheating devices, a federal judge ruled late Thursday.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:57:19 +0000NY Docs Got Lap Dances, Booze From Insys, DOJ Sayshttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023303?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023303Five New York doctors prescribed a potent painkiller sold by Insys Therapeutics Inc. in exchange for money and lavish kickbacks, including lap dances and liquor that two of the doctors accepted, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a felony indictment unsealed Friday.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:47:27 +0000Smuckers Subsidiary Sued Over Drug In Dog Food https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023221?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023221A New York dog owner filed a putative class action in federal court on Friday against the Smucker's-owned company that make Kibbles 'n Bits dog food, claiming the food was falsely touted as safe even though it was contaminated with a drug used to euthanize animals.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:06:41 +0000Colonial Pipeline To Put Up $3.3M In Ala. Gas Spill Settlementhttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023269?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023269Colonial Pipeline Co. has agreed to a $3.3 million settlement with Alabama to resolve claims related to gasoline pipeline ruptures and other releases in the state, the Alabama attorney general&rsquo;s office said Thursday.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:50:59 +0000Aegerion Placed Under Supervision In Misbranding Settlementhttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023335?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023335A federal judge on Friday appointed a special master to keep a watchful eye on Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc. as it faces court-ordered audits and the payment of $36 million to patients who were unnecessarily prescribed its expensive cholesterol drug and to government health programs that footed the bill.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:24:16 +0000Asbestos Firm Must Face Insurers' Coverage Payback Suit https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023205A Texas federal court on Friday refused to toss a suit from three health insurers that claims a law firm failed to pay the companies money out of its clients&rsquo; asbestos settlement funds, asking the parties for additional information but saying the suit could remain for now.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:54:22 +0000AIG Asks 9th Circ. To Ax Disney 'Pink Slime' Arbitrationhttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023354?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023354AIG Specialty Insurance Co. urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday to reverse an order allowing Walt Disney Co. to arbitrate a dispute over the coverage of $25 million of an undisclosed settlement with a beef company that sued over ABC&rsquo;s characterization of its &ldquo;lean finely textured beef&rdquo; as &ldquo;pink slime.&rdquo;Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:45:21 +0000Chrysler Slips Punitive Damages Claim In Ch. 11 Rulinghttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023182?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023182A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday dismissed a punitive damages claim from a suit over a 2014 car crash involving a Fiat Chrysler vehicle, saying the claim is barred by a 2009 sale order for Old Chrysler after its bankruptcy.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:39:50 +0000Hilton Ducks Sanctions In $20.5M Drowning Death Suithttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022932?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022932A Puerto Rican federal court declined to levy sanctions against a Hilton-operated resort in a $20.5 million suit brought by the family of a man who died while snorkeling, ruling Thursday that the resort&rsquo;s behavior during discovery didn&rsquo;t warrant sanctions.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:24:51 +0000A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharmahttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023234?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1023234In this monthly series, legal recruiting experts at Major Lindsey & Africa interview management from top law firms about navigating an increasingly competitive business environment. Here we feature Durgesh Sharma, chief information officer at Littler Mendelson PC.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:21:14 +0000Pepsi’s 'Diet' Claims Not Preempted, NY Consumers Sayhttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022956?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022956Consumers accusing Pepsi-Cola Co. of misrepresenting that its &ldquo;diet&rdquo; drinks help with weight loss have asked a New York federal court to keep their proposed class action alive because a California court determined last month that similar claims are not in fact preempted by federal law, as PepsiCo has argued.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:04:42 +0000Changes To Rule 23 Are Coming, Are You Prepared?https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022399?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022399Proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 23, which governs class actions, are set to take effect on Dec. 1, 2018, pending approval. The amendments would significantly alter class action litigation procedure from notice to settlement, says Niki Mendoza of Garden City Group LLC. Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:30:52 +0000Why Most Slack-Fill Claims Should Fail On The Meritshttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022758?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022758Slack-fill claims by consumers who are repeat purchasers cannot — or at least should not — succeed. A Missouri federal court's recent decision in Bratton v. The Hershey Company helps illustrate why, say attorneys with Faegre Baker Daniels.Thu, 15 Mar 2018 22:50:34 +0000Fiat Chrysler Loses Appeal Of $40M Fatal Jeep Fire Awardhttps://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022987?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section
https://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/1022987The Georgia State Supreme Court upheld a $40 million award to the family of a boy who died in 2012 when riding in a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee after the car was rear-ended and burst into flames, finding the salary and benefits of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles&rsquo; CEO were admissible evidence.